aught的词源

英文词源

aught (n.1)

"something," Old English awiht "aught, anything, something," literally "e'er a whit," from Proto-Germanic *aiwi "ever" (from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity;" see eon) + *wihti "thing, anything whatever" (see wight). In Shakespeare, Milton and Pope, aught and ought occur indiscriminately.

aught (n.2)

"nothing, zero," faulty separation of a naught (see naught; see adder for the separation problem).

中文词源

aught：任何事情

单词not原型naught，来自no+aught. no, 无，没有。aught, 任何事情。

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